Sage Francis

Given birth to Paul Francis in 1977 in Miami, Florida, Sage Francis spent the majority of his youngsters in Providence, Rhode Isle. Thinking about the poetic part of rap, Francis have been rhyming since age group eight, later earning the Superbowl Fight in Boston in 1999 as well as the Scribble Jam in Cincinnati in 2000 and 2001 (the final beneath the name of his “steel” alter ego, Xaul Zan). After graduating from Dean University in Massachusetts with an A.A. in marketing communications and in the School of Rhode Island-Kingston using a B.A. in journalism (where he began the now-defunct group Artwork Official Cleverness), Francis done releasing his single records. Often an outspoken and politics rapper along with a tight vegetarian, he began the FED UP WITH series in 2000 on his indie Strange Famous Information with Still Ill…Urine Difficulty, and continued with Fed up with Waiting Desks (2001), Fed up with Waging Battle (from 2002, and containing the one “Makeshift Patriot,” recorded exactly a month after the Sept 11 attacks in NY), and Sickly Business (2004). He also released one record on Anticon in 2002, Personal Publications, and was agreed upon in 2004 because the initial rap musician on Epitaph Information, which released his highly expected A WHOLESOME Distrust in 2005. 2 yrs afterwards he was dealing with composer/trumpeter Tag Isham in the soundtrack for Satisfaction and Glory starring Edward Norton. Two monitors from these program finished up on Francis’ very own 2007 full-length, Individual the Loss of life Dance. Sage Francis is certainly one half from the Non-Prophets (Joe Beats may be the manufacturer and DJ), who initial documented the 12″ Drop Bass/Jump/I Keep Contacting their friend’s Emerge Information in 1999. A full-length record on Lex Information, Hope, arrived in 2004. The dark Individual the Loss of life Dance adopted in 2007 with productions from Alias, Buck 65, and Unusual Nosdam alongside two tracks made by Isham. Francis’ 1st recording for the Anti label, 2010’s Li(F)e, proceeded to go in a totally different direction, becoming solely made by Brian Deck (Modest Mouse, Crimson Crimson Meats) and offering musicians from your indie rock rings Califone, Loss of life Cab for Cutie (Chris Walla), Calexico, and Sparklehorse. His 2014 launch, Copper Gone, came back to hip-hop as well as the multi-producer format with beats from Buck 65, Alias, among others.